Background
He was born on 22 June 1873 in Manchester.
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Arthur Lowe
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He was educated at the Hulme Grammar School and later joined the Parkinson, Mather & Company, chartered accountants of Manchester and London.
Career
He moved to Hong Kong to joined the then Butterfield & Swire in 1898. He resigned later in 1902 to start up his own business. On 2 June 1902, he became Hong Kongs first full-time professional accountant, and started the accountant firm what is today the Hong Kong office of the global auditing giant PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Under his leadership, it had clients including the China Light and Power Company, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock, Jardine, Matheson & Company and Hong Kong and China Gas Company
He was also director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltc. and secretary of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce for many years. He contested in the Justice of the Peace election in 1920 for a seat in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong against T. F. Hough during the absence of H. East. Pollock.
He was again appointed to the Legislative Council in July 1922 during H. West. Bird was on leave. He was especially acquainted with financial matters in the Legislative Council and helped connecting between the government and the Hong Kong Telephone Company on the terms of the renewal of the company"s licence.
He was also interested in pony racing.
Lowe died from typhoid at 4:00 a.m. on 31 May 1924 at the Peak Hospital at aged 50.
Membership
He was also member of the Licensing Board and was made Justice of the Peace in March 1906. Lowe was one of the leading members of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and was the president of the Lawn Bowls Association of Hongkong.
